What a beautiful weekend it was. Sunny skies, still not over 100 F (yet, but it’s coming). We’re out of the drought (at least for now). The lawn is green. The backyard is lush and the swiss chard is growing like a weed. It was a perfect lazy Sunday for grilling and fixin some of that delicious homegrown swiss chard. Continue reading Grilled Swordfish with Orange Ginger Swiss Chard
Baby Lady loves mussels. I like them a lot but what I really love is clams. Cooked right they are tender, succulent, incredibly juicy and delicately delightful. Continue reading Linguini with Mushrooms and Clams
Does this make you hungry yet? Surely, you left room for dessert. Here is a wonderful dessert perfect for summertime, although more ice cream is eaten during the winter months. Go figure. Continue reading Creme Anglaise Cherry Ice Cream with Chocolate Ancho Cherry Sauce
Summertime is pickling time. Right now the local farmers markets are full of melons, cucumbers, lettuce and greens, tomatoes, beans, squashes. The list goes on and on. Because summertime brings us an abundance of the freshest produce of the year, this is the time to put up some of the beautiful bounty for later in the year. Also, I simply like pickles. I like all kinds of pickles and I’m not alone. Did you know that In the United States alone, over 5,000,0000 pounds of pickles are devoured annually? That’s just shy of ten pounds of pickles, per person, every year. Continue reading Bread & Butter Pickles
Success! I hate failure, especially in the kitchen. It’s even worse when you see all these reviews telling you a child could do what you failed at. If you can’t tell, the octopus eraser has bothered me ever since I fixed that dreadful meal and I refuse to be beaten by some technical process or a machine. So, determined to learn the process of sous vide with protein, back to the drawing board I went but this time with a little more manageable meat, chicken. As you will see, the result was outstanding. Continue reading Chicken Sous Vide with Sun Dried Tomato, Roasted Poblano & Mint Chutney
Not that we always have meatless Monday dinners but last Monday just worked out that way. Continue reading Meatless Monday Dinner – Baked Stuffed Eggplant
A few weeks ago I posted I had just purchased a sous vide machine and was very excited to try it out. Well, I did and do I have a story for you! Continue reading Sous Vide – The Good and the Not So Good
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